labarum

• The emperor told Eusebius (I. ii. c. 7) some incredible things about this labarum, e.g. that none of its bearers was ever hurt by the darts of the enemy B] X and P, the first two letters of the name of Christ, so written upon one another as to make the form of the cross: [Illustration] (_i.e. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• To this custom we shall recur in the following chapter Footnote 30: Pietro de Marca maintains, that the crucifix borne before the Pope was substituted in place of the labarum or standard carried before the emperors. —  The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
• They will desert from the labarum, which Constantine carried to victory, to our standards; and those standards are all there, ready for use; they have been made in this city and are lying hidden in the house of Apollodorus. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works
• The safety of the labarum was intrusted to fifty guards, of approved valor and fidelity; their station was marked by honors and emoluments; and some fortunate accidents soon introduced an opinion, that as long as the guards of the labarum were engaged in the execution of their office, they were secure and invulnerable amidst the darts of the enemy. —  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2
• The Christian emperors, who respected the example of Constantine, displayed in all their military expeditions the standard of the cross; but when the degenerate successors of Theodosius had ceased to appear in person at the head of their armies, the labarum was deposited as a venerable but useless relic in the palace of Constantinople. —  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2

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